The Witching Hour
1921•1h 22m•7.0•Released
MysteryDrama
Clay Whipple is convicted of murdering the governor following an incident involving a cat's eye pin. Whipple is sentenced to death, but a mentalist named Psychic Jack believes he is innocent since Whipple had been hypnotized at the time of the murder. The psychic persuades the judge to grant the condemned man a retrial, and he sets out to uncover the identity of the real killer, during which time he manages to prevent a second murder from occurring.
Director
William Desmond Taylor
Writer
Julia Crawford Ivers
Languages
No Language
Studio
Famous Players-Lasky Corporation
Cast
Elliott Dexter
Psychic Jack Brookfield
Winter Hall
Judge Prentice
Ruth Renick
Viola Campbell
Robert Cain
Frank Hardmuth
A. Edward Sutherland
Clay Whipple
Mary Alden
Helen Whipple
F.A. Turner
Lew Ellinger
Genevieve Blinn
Mrs. Campbell
Production
Company
Famous Players-Lasky Corporation
Producer
Jesse L. Lasky
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